Challenge

The Graveyard
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Honduras's Edmundo Espiga started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Edmundo Espiga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Michalis Rorris received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Lautaro Navarro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Edmundo Espiga recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a little luck, Honduras's Lautaro Navarro got control of the ball when Fanis Thomiou tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Moises Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Charilaos Kladogennis hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Cristi Zdrobău kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. When Edmundo Espiga came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Honduras fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Edmundo Espiga couldn't finish the play. After 46 played minutes Living Dead got a freekick which was hit by Thomas Kioubouroglou. Living Dead's Lazaros Papadamos was substituted for Güner Taşkınay. In the 48th match minute, Living Dead was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thomas Kioubouroglou to maneuver through the defense.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Akis Marinos to strike the kick off in the second half. Lazaros Papadamos scored 1-0 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lautaro Navarro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 56 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Living Dead! In the 60th minute Edmundo Espiga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gerasimos Kipouros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 61 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Honduras! 67 minutes into the game, Themos Kebakopoulos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Living Dead's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Honduras the free kick. After a rather tough play, Living Dead's Themos Kebakopoulos got a free kick in the 67th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Honduras's zone, Lazaros Papadamos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lautaro Navarro came out of the goal and Lazaros Papadamos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Lautaro Navarro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lazaros Papadamos went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Edmundo Espiga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Living Dead getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Cristi Zdrobău hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Edmundo Espiga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gerasimos Kipouros was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmundo Espiga in the 87th minute of play forced Living Dead's goalkeeper Gerasimos Kipouros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Akis Marinos's late challenge caught a Honduras's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Akis Marinos helped the player get up and apologised. After 88 played minutes Living Dead got a freekick which was hit by Akis Marinos. A sloppy throw-in by Themos Kebakopoulos in the 89th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Honduras's Christian Sancho. Gerasimos Kipouros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edmundo Espiga, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Gerasimos Kipouros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmundo Espiga in the 92nd minute of the match. If Akis Marinos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Living Dead were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Honduras for a fine match.